Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate

Dead Or Alive 5 Ultimate Announced For PS3 And 360

The long standing tradition of releasing an updated version of a fighting game around a year later continues with Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja's latest, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate.

Headed to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall, Ultimate incorporates the new features of March's Dead or Alive 5 Plus on Vita and new stages and fighters. The first announced new character is Momiji (seen above on the right). While she hasn't appeared in the DOA series before, Ninja Gaiden fans will be plenty familiar with her. No pricing information is available yet, but we'd be surprised if cost the full $60 for an update of an older game.

Never, NBVER buy fighting games at launch. I have learned this lesson from way back in the SNES days - I still own all 3 versions of Street Fighter II for that console :) Such a sucker.

It's why I skipped Tekken Tag 2, Injustice and yes, DOA5. I'll wait until the inevitable Ultimate reissues with added content... or at least a price cut for Tekken. I'm actually pretty sure Namco is too busy with Tekken X Street Fighter and Super Smash Bros. 4 to bother with a reissue. But Injustice will definitely get a reissue - if NetherRealm is adding DLC fighters to Injustice, you KNOW there's going to be an Ultimate, budget priced version in about a year with all that stuff on the disc.

As for DOA5 here, I'm fine with this - it's not a new practice by any means, so I'm not inclined to feel betrayed or burned in any way. Also, Momiji kicks butt :) I do hope they add more Virtua Fighters though. Frankly, both DOA and Virtua Fighter seem to be a bit... creatively stuck at the moment. I view DOA5 as a build up to the inevitable, "Dead or Alive VERSUS Virtua Fighter", which would be a lot fresher than another numbered sequel for either series at this point, to be honest. The 3 VF guests in DOA5 proper were not enough though. Add in a few more for DOA5 Ultimate and I'll definitely pick it up.